Gora

Gora is a Mini-Con from the Aligned continuity family.

Out of work after the Beast Era, Optimus Primal had to downsize.

Gora (ゴラ Gora) is Megatron's Arms Micron partner.

Toys

Prime

• Megatron (Deluxe, 2012)
  • Set ID number: AM-05
  • Micron ID number: M-05
  • Energon Crystal: HP Natural

Available only with his larger partner Megatron in Japan, Gora comes as an unassembled, unpainted "kit". He transforms from a gorilla-like robot into Megatron' fusion cannon, complete with swing-out blade-halves. Though his mounting point on Megatron's arm is a simple thin slot that fits around a tab on the forearm, that section can swing around to reveal a 5mm post. He is covered in similar 5mm posts and holes as part of the Arms Micron gimmick, allowing him to combine with other Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous "Combo Weapons" and "Super Combo Weapons", like the Morning Star with Balo and Zori.

Though undocumented in his instructions, he has an "extended cannon" mode, shown combined with Balo's similarly-not-in-his-directions drill mode on Megatron's box-back photo.

Despite being made for the "deluxe" Megatron, Gora's cannon mode is actually pretty close to accurate scale for the Voyager class Megatron toy.

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Gorillas IS the mist.

• Shadow Gora (Promotional Micron, 4-28-2012)
  • Energon Crystal: HP Fake Dark

A transparent-black version of Gora with a red Energon Crystal was made available on April 28 at participating Joshin and Bic Camera stores with the purchase of 3000 yen's worth of Prime toys. Just like the pack-in version, Shadow Gora comes as an unassembled kit. Unlike normal Gora, this version has no stickers.

• Megatron Darkness (Voyager, 2012)
  • Set ID number: AM-15
  • Micron ID number: ???
  • Energon Crystal: ???

Available only with his larger partner Megatron and fellow Arms Micron Hades, "Gora II" comes as an unassembled, unpainted "kit". Like his previous incarnation, he transforms from a gorilla-like robot into a replica of Megatron's fusion cannon, but without the blade portions.

He has multiple 5mm posts and holes on his body, allowing him to combine with other Arms Microns to form bigger and more ridiculous weapons.

Notes

GORILLIOUS.

• Gora's name is a shortening of "gorilla", accomplished by dropping the middle syllable from the Japanese spelling of the word, turning gorira (ゴリラ) into gora (ゴラ). Rendering it in English as "Gora" loses this intention somewhat; if you were trying to preserve the intent in English, he'd be the rather silly-sounding "Golla".
• TakaraTomy's stock photography of Gora shows an earlier sculpt with a less-detailed face that reminded many fans of Animated Lugnut. The final product, as seen above, is considerably more gorilla-like.